Wife works part time. The eldest will take her first “summer job” this year. The parents have a holiday home in Rosslare so we will spend a bit of time there. Due to my job it is possible travel from there as I cover parts of Wexford.
The youngest will start secondary in September but during the summer will spend time between both sets of grand parents while we are at work.
Heading off to the canaries for a week at the end of June. Cheap and cheerful but after the year we had last year, it’ll probably be the first time the four of us can just chill and enjoy each others company

Yea Dodgy. It was a bit of a hard one this year. I have always based my holidays in order to facilitate championship. Ithe was like a fucking entrance exam this year trying to work around it. I even had to ask herself for help in planning it

Ah it will. But getting back to your earlier point, I find that once the kids go back in September, the countdown to Christmas starts in earnest. The Supermarkets will even have thever tubs of Chocolates in at that stage. Rightly or wrongly is another debate.
I presume you’re heading back to the southern hemisphere for a few weeks?